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Re: Since upgrading to Sequoia..............window maximization - 5 days ago

Hated it. Turned it off. I think.... Settings > Desktop and Dock > Windows > Drag Windows to screen edges to tile AND drag windows to menu bar to fill screen.

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Re: who rebooted the server? - 5 weeks ago

yeah, I tripped on the cord walking to the fridge. Plugged it back in and everything is better. Always a great solution.

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Re: Forum Tesla owners.....any of you experience hate or vandalism in all the time you've owned a Tesla? - 5 weeks ago

Never. But I live in an area with a really high percentage of Teslas. On a typical drive, I see more Teslas than I could count.

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Re: Backup strategy for Laptop - 7 weeks ago

Any NAS drives that play well with TM backups?

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Re: Enola Gay [Pics] - 7 weeks ago

We love it there, go a few times a year (my son is an Av geek and getting his pilot's license). I could walk around the Blackbird all day....

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Backup strategy for Laptop - 7 weeks ago

So, I will be replacing my wife's 2019 iMac with a new MBA, because she really wants to be able to walk around the house and use the computer in different places. I am going to put a monitor where the iMac is currently and have a dock with all of the things she would want if she wants to sit at a bigger screen (all connected via USBC). I have the same setup at home and work for my MBP, and I

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Re: I guess no one here is interested in the new Mac Studio or MacBook Air announced today? - 7 weeks ago

I'll be preordering a 15" MBA. My wife needs a laptop and it will fit her needs perfectly.

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Re: Upside down icicle - 7 weeks ago

Quotespecial Some coworker messing with you? I work alone, so unless it was my other personality.... (btw, I'm a psychiatrist, so...)

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Upside down icicle - 7 weeks ago

So I put some water in the ice trays at work this AM. The water was cold, but not much more than room temperature. When I came back a few hours later, this is what I found... What the heck? Can someone help explain how this happened?

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Re: the Air apparent?!…..Tim Cook teases new apple product this week ‘There’s Something in the Air’……. - 7 weeks ago

Seems like updates iPad Air (as well as iPad).

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Convince me not to buy this TV - 2 months ago

The TV in our main family room is an older 50" Plasma. The picture is great and I love it, but, it really is just too small for the space. I've been putting off buying a new TV for over a year. I think my wife likes the idea of the Samsung Frame TV, as it looks a little better when not in use. Costco has the best deal... Tell me why I shouldn't buy it.

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Re: Preorder your transparent OLED TV now - 3 months ago

in for 2!

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Re: Who is enjoying a snow day? - 3 months ago

QuoteAllGold If it had been cold enough to snow, we probably would have had a couple feet. And if my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike

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Re: Who is enjoying a snow day? - 3 months ago

Our schools let the kids do a snow day. They say that if they know ahead of time that enough snow is coming to close schools for multiple days, then they may do online classes. But it hasn't happened. Let the kids be kids!

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Who is enjoying a snow day? - 3 months ago

We have about 6 inches here in the DC 'burbs. It's a fairly heavy snow. Since I work from home M/W/F, it's just a normal work day for me. I'll just leave all of the shoveling until 4pm when I'm done.

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Re: Recommend Cheap screen - 3 months ago

I would think a Kindle Fire or Echo would be perfect. The Fire will be more expensive, but will get you the 10" screen.

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Re: IMac enquiry - 4 months ago

Settings > Lock Screen > Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off Hope that works

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Re: Crutchfield seems like a nice company - 4 months ago

I would get their catalogues in the mail and LUST after everything there. They are great for car audio, but also had great home audio as well.

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Re: I kinda like this Mac Mini case from Zeera - 4 months ago

$140!!! And no wheels!

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

QuoteForrest That’s an interesting wall jack - never saw that before. I don’t think it’s a good idea to have an extra 50 feet of cable rolled up inside the wall. I suppose if you don’t want to cut the original connectors, you could coil up the extra cable in the utility room, and hang it on a wall hook. Right outside of the wall where the jack would be is an attic space above the garage

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

QuoteForrest Ok, the 200 foot Cat 6 cable should work fine. You’ll cut the connectors off and attach keystone jacks, which snap into a wall plate. Make sure you get the keystone jacks that match your cable type - solid wire or stranded wire. I was thinking of using a Keystone wall jack so I don't have to deal with removing connectors...

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

QuoteLux Interior My house was built in 2009 and I don't know why they didn't run Ethernet to every room. Well, they kinda did. The telephone wiring is eight wire twisted pair, but it is daisy-chained in some places and it all goes out the wall in the basement to the phone box. I am reluctant to re-purpose it as we still have a land line (I know!) and what if the next owner still wants POTS

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

QuoteForrest That cable should work, as long as you don’t mind having 50-100 feet of unused wire coiled up on one or both sides. Have you ever run Ethernet cable before? Do you know how your home is constructed and what are the materials? If not, you may want to hire a pro for a more professional look with wall plates, instead of a hole drilled with 50 feet of wire coiled up. The run would be

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

Seems like Cat 6 would work well. I assume something like this...

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Re: Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

Quotechopper I'm on a wireless connection. Old house. Router in the next room behind plaster, lath and etc. My son's computer probably gets close to that, but it seems to be quite variable. In my hardwired office, I'm getting 664/613 and a ping of 6 ms (which I guess matters when gaming). Should be a fun project for the 2 of us over the Winter break.

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Longer run for internet.... Coax or Ethernet - 4 months ago

I am going to be running internet to my son's computer. We've got plenty of wireless routers, but they just sometimes don't cut it for MS Flight Sim and other gaming. In my office I've got it run wired and I get 800 up and down. The total distance, from one end of the basement to the other end of the house on the 2nd floor, is 100-150 feet? I wonder whether Coax or Ethernet will be better fo

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SiriusXM contract - 4 months ago

I know it was discussed a few months ago, but it was time for my yearly call to SiriusXM because my rate was going up. I chatted online (at first with a chatbot but transferred to a live agent). Their current promotion is $8.49 per month- all in price with taxes and Royalty fees. It's a month to month, so can cancel at any time. This is actually less than I was paying before, so I was re

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Re: How to make calls from the parents ring through when phone is on do not disturb? - 4 months ago

This describes if you are on silent, not sure if it works for DND... How to Enable Silent Mode Bypass for a Contact..... Instructions are about 1/2 way down. When you use Emergency Bypass, it says, "Emergency Bypass allows sounds and vibrations from this person even when the ring switch is seto silent, or when a Focus is on."

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Re: getting Tubes tied?!….’YouTube TV’ raising rates…. - 4 months ago

QuoteForrest Why do you pay for YouTube TV? I currently receive 75 channels for free with my attic antenna? can you get things like CNN, ESPN, Bravo with an OTA antenna?

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Re: like totally Tubular?!….’YouTube TV’ raising rates…. - 4 months ago

Not surprising, but super annoying. We switched to Youtube TV when DirecTV lost the Sunday Ticket for football. YT TV has been pretty good, although if they increase the price year over year, it's going to look less and less attractive.

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